NBA First Overall Picks Quiz

Guess all first overall picks since 1950 to be drafted to the NBA

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Year	Team Drafted To	Nationality	Position	Answer
1950	Boston Celtics	American	Center	Charlie Share
1951	Baltimore Bullets	American	Guard	Gene Melchiorre
1952	Milwaukee Hawks	American	Center	Mark Workman
1953	Baltimore Bullets	American	Center	Ray Felix
1954	Baltimore Bullets	American	Forward/Center	Frank Selvy
1955	Milwaukee Hawks	American	Guard/Forward	Dick Ricketts
1956	Rochester Royals	American	Guard/Forward	Sihugo Green
1957	Cincinnati Royals	American	Guard	Rod Hundley
1958	Minneapolis Lakers	American	Forward	Elgin Baylor
1959	Cincinnati Royals	American	Forward	Bob Boozer
1960	Cincinnati Royals	American	Guard/Forward	Oscar Robertson
1961	Chicago Packers	American	Center	Walt Bellamy
1962	Chicago Zephyrs	American	Forward/Center	Bill McGill
1963	New York Knicks	American	Forward/Guard	Art Heyman
1964	New York Knicks	American	Center/Forward	Jim Barnes
1965	San Francisco Warriors	American	Forward/Center	Fred Hetzel
1966	New York Knicks	American	Forward/Guard	Cazzie Russell
1967	Detroit Pistons	American	Guard	Jimmy Walker
1968	San Diego Rockets	American	Center/Forward	Elvin Hayes
1969	Milwaukee Bucks	American	Center	Lew Alcindor
1970	Detroit Pistons	American	Center	Bob Lanier
1971	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	Guard	Austin Carr
1972	Portland Trail Blazers	American	Center	LaRue Martin
1973	Philadelphia 76ers	American	Guard/Forward	Doug Collins
1974	Portland Trail Blazers	American	Center	Bill Walton
1975	Atlanta Hawks	American	Forward/Guard	David Thompson
1976	Houston Rockets	American	Guard	John Lucas
1977	Milwaukee Bucks	American	Center	Kent Benson
1978	Portland Trail Blazers	Bahamian	Forward/Center	Mychal Thompson
1979	Los Angeles Lakers	American	Guard/Forward	Magic Johnson
1980	Golden State Warriors	American	Center	Joe Barry Carroll
1981	Dallas Mavericks	American	Forward	Mark Aguirre
1982	Los Angeles Lakers	American	Forward	James Worthy
1983	Houston Rockets	American	Center	Ralph Sampson
1984	Houston Rockets	Nigerian	Center	Hakeem Olajuwon
1985	New York Knicks	American	Center	Patrick Ewing
1986	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	Center	Brad Daugherty
1987	San Antonio Spurs	American	Center	David Robinson

Year	Team Drafted To	Nationality	Position	Answer
1988	Los Angeles Clippers	American	Forward	Danny Manning
1989	Sacramento Kings	American	Center	Pervis Ellison
1990	New Jersey Nets	American	Forward/Center	Derrick Coleman
1991	Charlotte Hornets	American	Forward	Larry Johnson
1992	Orlando Magic	American	Center	Shaquille O'Neal
1993	Orlando Magic	American	Forward	Chris Webber
1994	Milwaukee Bucks	American	Forward	Glenn Robinson
1995	Golden State Warriors	American	Forward	Joe Smith
1996	Philadelphia 76ers	American	Guard	Allen Iverson
1997	San Antonio Spurs	American (Virgin Islander)	Forward/Center	Tim Duncan
1998	Los Angeles Clippers	Nigerian	Center	Michael Olowokandi
1999	Chicago Bulls	American	Forward	Elton Brand
2000	New Jersey Nets	American	Forward	Kenyon Martin
2001	Washington Wizards	American	Center	Kwame Brown
2002	Houston Rockets	Chinese	Center	Yao Ming
2003	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	Forward	LeBron James
2004	Orlando Magic	American	Center	Dwight Howard
2005	Milwaukee Bucks	Australian	Center	Andrew Bogut
2006	Toronto Raptors	Italian	Forward/Center	Andrea Bargnani
2007	Portland Trail Blazers	American	Center	Greg Oden
2008	Chicago Bulls	American	Guard	Derrick Rose
2009	Los Angeles Clippers	American	Forward	Blake Griffin
2010	Washington Wizards	American	Guard	John Wall
2011	Cleveland Cavaliers	American	Guard	Kyrie Irving
2012	New Orleans Pelicans	American	Center/Forward	Anthony Davis
2013	Cleveland Cavaliers	Canadian	Forward	Anthony Bennett
2014	Cleveland Cavaliers	Canadian	Forward	Andrew Wiggins
2015	Minnesota Timberwolves	Dominican	Center/Forward	Karl-Anthony Towns
2016	Philadelphia 76ers	Australian	Forward/Guard	Ben Simmons
2017	Philadelphia 76ers	American	Guard	Markelle Fultz
2018	Phoenix Suns	Bahamian	Center	DeAndre Ayton
2019	New Orleans Pelicans	American	Forward	Zion Williamson
2020	Minnesota Timberwolves	American	Guard	Anthony Edwards
2021	Detroit Pistons	American	Guard	Cade Cunningham
2022	Orlando Magic	American	Forward	Paolo Banchero
2023	San Antonio Spurs	French	Center	Victor Wembanyama
2024	Atlanta Hawks	French	Forward	Zaccharie Risacher